If there is ever a contest for the law with the most grossly
misleading title, the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 should be a prime
candidate, because the last thing this Act protects is the welfare of
Indian children.
The theory behind the Indian Child Welfare Act is that an American Indian child should be raised in an American Indian culture.
Based on that theory, a newborn baby of American Indian ancestry, who was adopted immediately after birth by a white couple, was at 27 months of age taken away from the only parents she has ever known and given to her father.
Read more: http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2013/01/30/whose-welfare-n1499779
The theory behind the Indian Child Welfare Act is that an American Indian child should be raised in an American Indian culture.
Based on that theory, a newborn baby of American Indian ancestry, who was adopted immediately after birth by a white couple, was at 27 months of age taken away from the only parents she has ever known and given to her father.
Read more: http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2013/01/30/whose-welfare-n1499779
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